Is it me or does it seems that the rivalry between the Steelers and both of these teams only seems to make headlines when players from one of these two franchises make off-the-field headlines (trash-talk, slander) or by engaging in post-whistle cheap shots/intentionally try to injure players. The Myles Garrett-Mason Rudolph feud is probably the most heated this one-sided "rivalry" has been since the Browns returned in 1999 and it is based entirely on what Cleveland did after the whistle and later off-the-field. As for Cincinnati, the most-heated moments of this one-sided "rivalry" in the 21st century is probably TJ Houshbadillia wiping the terrible towel and the mid 00s Bengals talking a bunch of smack and Vontaze Burfict intentionally injuring steeler players and Pacman Jones strutting around as faux tough guy. I got on this train of thought after thinking about how Myles Garrett has become the new Vontaze Burfict of the AFC North. I hate the Ratbirds, I think John Harbaugh is a jackass, and I think the Ratbirds do have a checkered history character-wise themselves but at least the Steelers and Ratbirds are a rivalry based upon what happens on the field. At least they have a history of close entertaining games often with big stakes as well and numerous great moments. Also no surprise that while the Ravens have successfully built a culture of winning in a short amount of time the Bungals are a loser franchise with no Super Bowl and barely any franchise success while the vast majority of the Browns winning history/tradition predates the Super Bowl era over 50 years ago